Architecture – Gem's Photos and Videos

Visita Iglesia, Holy Week 2023: St James the Great Parish

https://youtu.be/Oelgwk5s9W8 01:39 video length April 6, 2023 was Holy Thursday/ Maundy Thursday, the day when Filipinos traditionally trek to seven (7) churches and do the Stations of the Cross. This…

gem April 27, 2023

Architecture Metro Manila People

Manila Coffee Festival 2022 + Fort Santiago Tour, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

https://youtu.be/WG63V8i5uEw 6 minutes 20 seconds I went to Fort Santiago, a Spanish colonial era fortress in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines, on April 29, 2022, to check out the first day of…

gem July 19, 2022

Architecture Outside Manila Videos

Barasoain Church and Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Philippines, Holy Week 2022 trip vlog + photography

https://youtu.be/yeNDspZOeWk I went on a day trip to Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines on Black Saturday of my Holy Week 2022 to check out two significant sites in Philippine history: Barasoain Church…

gem July 6, 2022

Architecture Metro Manila Night

hole in the wall diner at night

https://flickr.com/photos/treetop_apple_juice/51950271185/in/dateposted/ Wantusawa Oyster Bar, Poblacion, Makati, 03/19/2022 I used my new 7artisans 25mm f/1.8 lens to photograph this (purchased March 2022).

gem June 21, 2022

Architecture Metro Manila Street

Manila Cathedral, Plaza de Roma, & Belfry Cafe’s Church Bells, Intramuros

https://youtu.be/L6QcbQoOr58 04:27 video runtime This is my vlog about my visit to the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, AKA the Manila Cathedral, on December 18, 2021.…

gem May 10, 2022

Architecture Street Taipei

Taipei 2019

https://youtu.be/DulywW6x-80 video runtime: 8 minutes 10 seconds |Direct YouTube Link I went to Taipei on December 1-6, 2019. I mostly took still photographs on this trip, didn't shoot as much…

gem April 10, 2020

Architecture Landscape Photoblog

Quanzhou, Fujian, China 2018 Trip Log

14 minutes 48 seconds, Direct YouTube Link Click here to see ALL PHOTOS of the trip on Flickr, sequenced by date and location. Quanzhou is a city in Fujian, Southern…

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Outside Manila Rural

Cowboy Town Replica

I went to Clark, Angeles, Pampanga, three hours north of Metro Manila here in the Philippines on April 27, 2019 and photographed this replica cowboy town at the El Kabayo…

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Metro Manila Transportation

Bamboo Organ Church and Sarao Jeepney Factory

I went south of Metro Manila on Black Saturday 2019 ( April 20, 2019 ) to the Bamboo Organ Church and the Sarao Jeepney Factory in Las Piñas, Philippines. Direct…

gem October 7, 2019

Architecture Landscape Metro Manila

five architectural pieces

house that says Punk's Not Dead, Fariview, Quezon City, May 2016 blue house with pink flowers, Quezon City, Philippines, May 2015 mansion in the middle of nowhere, Tagaytay, January 2016…

gem October 15, 2016

Architecture Landscape Metro Manila

blue wall with shuttered window storefront

October 2013

gem November 25, 2015

Architecture Landscape Metro Manila

small office with blue top standing alone below a coconut tree

Manila, Philippines, October 2013

gem November 22, 2015

Architecture Metro Manila

a splash of color on three structures

green patch on building, Quezon City, Philippines, September 2013 blue stripe on house with Pepsi logo, Mandaluyong City, September 2013 Please click to view part 1 of my House of…

gem October 20, 2015

Architecture Outside Manila Rural

August 2015 Ilocos trip log

I went to the northern tip of the Philippines for a weekend in August 2015.* Got to Vigan, Ilocos Sur just before sunrise. It was pitch black except for a…

gem October 1, 2015

Architecture

lovely Atlanta house

Atlanta, Georgia, July 2014

gem August 15, 2015

Architecture Metro Manila

Classic orange/ yellow house with jalousies and a balcony

September 2013

gem August 14, 2015

Architecture Metro Manila

doorway with arches

Quezon City, August 2013

gem August 7, 2015

Architecture Found Objects/ Structures Landscape

Wanli UFO Pod Houses

Back in 2008, i went to Sanzhi and shot the pod houses there. those have been demolished since. Please click the thumbnails to view full size. In October 2013, i…

gem April 13, 2014

Architecture Chile Photo Posts Instagram

lighthouse with red stripe

Instagram, April 2014, Valparaiso

gem April 12, 2014

Architecture Guam Signs

United States Post Office

Hagatna, Guam, November 2012

gem April 5, 2014

Architecture Chile Places Graffiti

Abandoned University

back to Chile 2014 main page Universidad del Mar was a university whose headquarters are a ten minute walk from where I live in Renaca, Vina del Mar. It shut…

gem March 31, 2014

Architecture Graffiti Landscape

graffiti in the middle of nowhere

Hualien, Taiwan, May 2011

gem March 26, 2014

Architecture Chile Journal Chile Writings

Impressions of Atlanta

back to Chile 2014 main page I had a six hour layover in Atlanta, my final stopover before Santiago, Chile. My first layover after departing Manila was two hours in…

gem March 25, 2014

Architecture Night Singapore

Singapore night skyline

September 2011

gem February 25, 2014

Architecture Night Shanghai

Shanghai night skyline/ architecture

Pudong, Shanghai, August 2010

gem February 23, 2014

Architecture Guam Indonesia

ten mini marts

Lina J Market, Guam, November 2012

gem January 24, 2014

Architecture Rural Taipei

breakfast nook

the chinese characters say "breakfast" Hualien, Taiwan, May 2011

gem January 5, 2014

Architecture Guam Signs

boy scouts of america

Guam, November 2012

gem January 3, 2014

Architecture Outside Manila

colorful beach lodging

Baler, Aurora, Philippines, July 2013

gem January 1, 2014

Architecture Indonesia Metro Manila

House of Coca Cola

Philippines, July 2013 (mobile phone photo)

coca cola surfboard, Bali, October 2011

gem December 30, 2013

Architecture Metro Manila Taipei

two structures

Osmena Highway, February 2010
This is a front/ facade to cover squatter shanties at the back.

click to view it from the front.

gem December 26, 2013

Architecture Guam Landscape

Guam skyline

November 2012

gem November 22, 2013

Architecture Thailand

Wat Doi Suthep temple

Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 2012
Doi Suthep

according to wikipedia, The temple is said to have been founded in 1383 when the first chedi was built.

gem October 15, 2013

Architecture Metro Manila

Christian church in Paco

Paco, Manila, November 2010

gem October 13, 2013

Architecture Taipei

Muslim mosque

Taipei, October 2012, mobile phone photo

gem October 11, 2013

Architecture Metro Manila Night

Street Names Six-Pack

unique street names: Euphrates and Tigris Streets: April 2011, Makati, Philippines Melbroune and Sydney Streets: Queenstown, New Zealand, November 2009 Jesus Street in front of classic Philippine windows: February 2011,…

gem September 2, 2013